March oh my!

How did it become March? I have been living in a blur of busy days, sick days, happy days, fun days, meaningless days, meaningful days, and the list goes on and on, for the last 6 months. How did I let this happen?

I guess I went into this year thinking it would be easier than the last two years. I was shocked to realize that it is already March. I think because I continually feel like it is September or October in my classroom it is hard for me to believe that so much time has passed.

Highlights of the last 6 months.

• Having the lovely Ashley Kessler in the same city for many more days that ever before ( she kind of fake lives in Baltimore) with the promise of seeing her everyday next year as my roommate!
• Turning 25... however paraphrasing the words of a friend of mine I feel like my life has stopped giving me lemons. I think I need to make some changes because what I'm doing now doesn't seem to be working.
• I am finally friends with JP after years of waiting patiently, and thank goodness for this because I would say he is one of my favorite people in Baltimore and Nora was an unexpected joy to have as a friend I am very blessed in this regard to have BOTH of them in my life.

I feel like there should be more on that highlights list but honestly its been a funny year.

I also feel that I need to start making a bucket list of just journaling more because I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Maybe if I journal something will click and I will be able to figure out where I am going wrong or where i am in need of more. I think I need more to feed my soul. Maybe I should start book club or something. I've never been great at analyzing literature but I do like stories. Stories are what makes the world go round. Everyone has a story.

When I was younger I always liked reading the books fiction, non fiction, historical fiction, realistic fiction, etc. that were set up like a person's journal. I felt like I was given insight into their day to day life and their thoughts and I think it might be why I like to get a lot of information about people so that I can get a good read on them. The way someone likes to interact with others, a person's relationship to their friends and family. These are things that always intrigue me. I also like to people watch. Thus far I think I just like the blur of people watching but I long to be the person that has more attention to detail so that i am the one that notices the funny imperfections that others overlook, like a small scar on some one's cheek or the bird standing in the tree in the background.

We shall see. Any other times I've tried to be more reflective I have not followed through. So i make no promises i will simply say we'll see.